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SolarCity

Acquired by Tesla

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Stay away from this place - Software Engineer SolarCity Employee Review

1.0
Jul 23, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

none that i can think of

Cons

The software engineering Department is a joke and is led by the most incompetent people on planet. - Manger will threaten you to work for long hours or else you will be shown the exit door - Be prepared to work for insane hours which include weekends. - Copy code and architecture from Tesla Code base - Lot of politics even though the department is small - Very little room to express your ideas - All the competent people left the place after their first week of joining(no brainer) - Worst work environment. - Less pay - No 401K Contribution - Very few good employees The list goes on. Because this is the worst place I ever worked for. I have to take this job due to some personal reasons and tried my best not to hate this place. But I survived only 5 months. The so called CTO is only holding that position because hes the cousin of elon musk. The incompetency goes all the way up. Your manger will never talk about career development nor they do reviews. They consider you just an other object who is getting paid. I really doubt the credibility of the reviews for this company. I sometimes get emails to give reviews on glassdoor .The software engineering department is built on platform that is doomed to fail. My sincere advice: "please stay away from this place". If anyone speaks high of this place, either hes one of the guy from the mafia or has no clue what he has gotten into.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Mar 22, 2016
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Pros

Just to quantify my review a bit, I am within the top 10% of inside sales reps within our 12,000 person company. It is a great place to work and people doing well ARE able to make good money here. The executive team ALWAYS has a platform for reps to help make SolarCity a better place every quarter. They involve the top 20 reps each quarter in various ways to help their peers through an interactive group called Team Elite. Executives, VP's, Directors, and Managers are always willing to help and go to bat when there are issues with things that need to be fixed. The direction of the company is consistent and although the company is large, decision makers work as hard as possible to steer the big ship quickly when necessary.

Cons

Knee jerk reactions with decision making at a director level create issues from time to time. Culture has had its ups and downs due to HUGE growth last year and subsequent high attrition rates.

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